Days that Shook the World Series I and II

Drama Reconstructions of key moments in history told through the prism of first person testimonies of the people closest to the action itself. From closing down Dealey Plaza in Dallas to drinking Margaritas with the Newman family, the closest spectators to JFK when he was shot; to filming a Palestinian hostage sequence, with actors armed with replica AK47s, spray painting Arabic slogans in a live army base with extremely jumpy guards; to having a replica of the Crown painstakingly, and expensively, created, only to be smashed up, this series brought history alive again for both viewer and production personnel.

Breathe

After telling her parents about the repeated sexual abuse she received from a family member a young girl is put into a Psychiatric Hospital where she spends the rest of her childhood. Now 22 years old, with her own baby on the way, she attempts closure of her past by revisiting for the first time the place she grew up in.

My Role

Producer/Director/Camera

Company

National Film School

Year

2000

Format

Digi Beta

Duration

1x 12'

Gaspare’s Halloween

A film about a film: A deaf boy makes a horror film and shows it to his class.

Armed with one roll of 16mm film (10 mins) and an old Bolex, I was tasked with making a 4min film from the rushes.

My Role

Producer/Director/Camera

Company

National Film School

Year

2000

Format

16mm

Duration

1x 4'

Home

Two Scottish Italians living in Italy talk about their ‘confused’ nationality: from the man who became Mayor in his forefather’s village and attempted to make a 9-hole golf course in a cow field, to a mosaic artist working for Dolce and Gabbana in Milan unsure who he is.

This is the film that changed my life. After working in drama for five years I decided to see if I could make a documentary and ran away to Tuscany during winter 1998, armed with a camera, a map and an Italian phrase book. Three months later I returned with a film, a fiancée and a passion for documentary...

My Role

Producer/Director/Camera

Company

Glasgow City Council

Millennium Fund

Year

1999

Format

Mini DV

Duration

15'

Robert Lepage: tuned into a different frequency

Documentary about Cinema and Theatre Director Robert Lepage, “one of the most challenging and chimeric directors of our time” (Guardian) taking his theatre show around the world.